Creating a global law graduate : the need, benefits and practical approaches to internationalise the curriculum
The increasingly integrated world has facilitated important international and trans-border trends, such as a progressively connected global economy, a significant growth in transnational business transactions and an increase in global regulation of global issues. Such globalisation has had a transfo...
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Published in | Journal of learning design Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 53 - 65 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Queensland University of Technology
01.01.2015
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Summary: | The increasingly integrated world has facilitated important international and trans-border trends, such as a progressively connected global economy, a significant growth in transnational business transactions and an increase in global regulation of global issues. Such globalisation has had a transformational impact on the legal profession in a number of ways. These include the need to provide advice on issues or transactions that have a transnational or international element; the increasing globalisation of large law firms; and the delivery of offshore services by legal service providers. This means that not only do law graduates need to be prepared to practice in an increasingly globalised economy and legal profession, there will also be new career opportunities available to them which require understanding of international law, for example in emerging international institutions and non-government organisations. Accordingly there is a need to ensure that law students develop the knowledge and skills they will require to succeed in a globalised legal profession. That is, there is a need to internationalise the law curriculum. This article provides an insight into the recent progression of three Australian law schools (Sydney Law School, Griffith University Law School, and University of Technology, Sydney Faculty of Law) in internationalising the law curriculum and provides practical avenues and strategies for the increased integration of international law, foreign law and a comparative perspective into core subjects which will develop the graduates' knowledge and skills in international and foreign law, in order to enhance their ability to succeed as legal professionals in a globalised world. [Author abstract, ed] |
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Bibliography: | Refereed article. Includes bibliographical references. Journal of Learning Design; v.8 n.2 p.53-65; 2015 Special issue: Legal Education. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1832-8342 1832-8342 |
DOI: | 10.5204/jld.v8i2.242 |